ゾーンzoon

1. nounzone

• SynonymエリアNeutralLoanword for an area or region, common in speech and broad in range; 「ゾーン」 stresses a specific area marked off by some criterion.
• Synonym区域くいきWrittenA bounded range or administrative division, formal in tone, as in 「立入禁止区域」.
• Synonym地域ちいきNeutralA stretch of land with shared features; also the local community, as in 「地域社会」. Often larger in scope than 「ゾーン」.
• Synonym地区ちくWrittenA district or area of land, including designated ones, as in 「商業地区」 and 「東北地区」.
• Synonym地帯ちたいWrittenAn area defined by a shared character, as in 「安全地帯」 and 「工業地帯」; stresses that the land is of one kind.
• Synonym区画くかくWrittenA divided plot or compartment, and also the act of dividing, as in 「区画整理」; stresses boundaries.
• Synonym領域りょういきWrittenTerritory, or the reach of influence or scholarship, as in 「研究領域」; mostly for abstract ranges.
• Related一画いっかくWrittenA marked-off plot of land or city block, also a kanji brush stroke; bookish in tone. 「ゾーン」 stresses areas divided by use or character.
• Related一郭いっかくWrittenA block enclosed or marked off within a town; literary and old-fashioned, with everyday speech preferring 「一角」.

「ゾーン」 marks off an area by a set criterion, as in 「ストライクゾーン」 or 「禁煙ゾーン」. 「エリア」 is the everyday, general term; 「区域」 for formally bounded or administrative zones; 「地域」 for larger regions or the local community; 「地区」 for designated districts; 「地帯」 for belts of uniform character; 「区画」 for divided plots; 「領域」 for abstract domains; 「一郭」/「一画」 for a single block or plot, literary.

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1. 地域ちいき。地帯ちたい。区域くいき。範囲はんい。
2. （スポーツなどで）集中力しゅうちゅうりょくが非常ひじょうに高たかまった状態じょうたい。フロー。